essay

Wolf power and interspecies communication in Huichol shamanism

people of the peyote: huichol indian history, religion, & survivalAlbuquerque • Published In 1996 • Pages: 267-305

By: Valadez, Susana.

Abstract
This document discusses aspects of traditional Huichol religion involving the identification of wolves with shamans. The power of transformation into a wolf is held by only the most exceptional shamans. This special, "shape-shifting" relationship with the wolf is a means of comprehending and re-forming the divine world prior to the separation of humans from the animal realm. (For non-English terms see Schaefer [1996] "Glossary." For references cited see Schaefer and Furst [1996] "Bibliography.")
Subjects
Shamans and psychotherapists
Revelation and divination
Mythology
Animism
Prayers and sacrifices
Congregations
Ecstatic religious practices
Sacred objects and places
Sorcery
Theory of disease
Religious experience
Transmission of beliefs
culture
Huichol
HRAF PubDate
2016
Region
Middle America and the Caribbean
Sub Region
Northern Mexico
Document Type
essay
Evaluation
Creator Type
Anthropologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Teferi Abate Adem
Field Date
1984-1993
Coverage Date
1902-1993
Coverage Place
southern Sierra Madre Occidental (Nayarit, Jalisco, Durango, and Zacatecas), Mexico
Notes
Susana Eger Valadez
for bibliographical references see document 23: [Schaefer and Furst]
LCCN
95032453
LCSH
Huichol Indians